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Headphones don't appear in playback devices

I'm hoping this is a simple mistake on my part, but my headphones do not show up in the Playback Devices tab of Audio manager (win7) when I plug them in. FYI, I have set the audio manager to show disabled and disconnected devices. When sound is being played, it does not play through the laptop speakers or my headphones. For example, here I am being told sound is played, but I can not hear anything.

I'm guessing it is a driver issue, but I'm not sure which drivers it is, and I'm cautious of installing them, because I know installing the wrong ones can mess up your computer. When I originally plugged the headphones in, it said it had install the devices drivers, and I'm up-to-date on Windows Updater[3] , so I've no idea where to get them.

I had previously checked there but found nothing for my make of headphones (the HD 205). I installed the HeadSetup and it worked! Thank you very much! Just to be clear, do I have to run it when I use my headphones?

You were right in that I did not have to continuously run it, in fact, it worked perfectly yesterday. However, when I plugged my headphones in today, no sound came out, exactly similar to the situation before your help. I have tried uninstalling and re-installing the HeadSetup, but to no avail. Any ideas?